While best known by most of America as the location from the TV show Alice, Mel’s Diner is actually a real live greasy spoon and a longtime Grand Avenue tradition for Phoenicians looking for real diner food. Mel’s is the setting for both the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and Alice, the TV show based on the movie that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. The diner exterior footage was all shot at the actual Mel’s Diner, while the interior was all shot on sets in Burbank., but if you’re in the Phoenix area, be sure to stop by Mel’s as it’s been restored to all of its former semi-filthy glory.